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VN - Ren'Py - Imperial Chronicles [v0.7] [Lazy Monkey]

  1. 5.00 star(s)

    Xan_Vados

    Wow, this was a real treat—chaos, intrigue, diverse personalities, great music, and solid visuals. It's a really good attempt at bringing GOT-like politics into an adult visual novel. I love medieval themes, and the story alongside the adult elements totally met my expectations. The LIs are top-notch, no complaints there—honestly, even the side female characters feel "smashable." My one big gripe is with the English, but that’s something that can be easily fixed. Looking forward to playing the next part!
  2. 5.00 star(s)

    snapturtle34

    Wow, what an incredible game.. As many of the earlier reviews have mentioned, this game is truly amazing. The variety of choices and paths is impressive, and every character feels unique and fully developed with such attention to detail. I love how each route offers its own distinct flavor and personal touch, making it feel like you're shaping your own destiny. I can't wait to see more from this. Outstanding work to the developer.
  3. 5.00 star(s)

    Eduran

    This game absolutely deserves a top rating.

    The story is one of the most engaging I've experienced. What stands out is how the background you choose at the beginning significantly impacts the course of the narrative.

    While sex is present, it's secondary, and I must say the quality of the story more than makes up for it.

    The characters are far from one-dimensional. They aren’t just cardboard cutouts whose only purpose is to desire the main character. Instead, they feel like real, complex people, complete with their own thoughts and emotions. The intricate relationships between them, as well as the ones you develop as the player, keep you eagerly anticipating what will happen next.

    The only areas for improvement are the occasional awkward phrasing in the English translation and a single line left untranslated from Russian. However, these are very minor issues and don’t detract from the overall experience.

    I highly recommend this game to any fan of dark fantasy, courtly intrigue, and complex family dynamics.
  4. 5.00 star(s)

    darksidemike

    This is the only fantasy VN that I've seen that's good.. The thing about putting things in a Fantasy world, is that your average VN writer isn't skilled enough to pull it off. It's too much work creating a believable fantasy world when all people want to see is porn.

    This VN has managed to do that. The relationships are incredibly erotic too. It has some gratuitous scenes that you'll forget about; but it also has some scenes that are just beyond the sum of their parts. They story just fits together.
  5. 5.00 star(s)

    Hadron-5

    v 0.6

    Story 5/5
    Writing 4/5
    Characters 4/5
    Graphics 4/5
    Audio 4/5
    UI 3/5

    Imperial Chronicles is a true choose-your-own-adventure VN with multiple boobs to follow. Naturally all paths lead to doinking and murder.

    You start your career as a bored and exiled princeling filled to the brim with hormonal urges, drinking away the days in a backwater burg, neglecting your studies, and trying your damnedest to get some attention from the local wenches. Depending on your chosen background (nerdy bookworm, worst mage in the world, or capable fighter), you may find some success. Eventually this peaceful boredom ends as your steamy hot sister appears in town with word that you are to return to the capital. At this point MC is free to seek the forbidden hanky panky or a cold shower. And so the adventure begins.
    An important aspect of this VN is the presence of choice: not just for show, the choices made shape the story and severely impact how the characters react and respond to MC. There are many paths to tread (as of v0.6 I found three different ways to go) with distinctly different outcomes, and distinctly different doinking.

    Story 5/5
    The story in this VN truly is top tier. As a political plot it hits well, not too abstract or deus ex machina ridiculous, and not so simple as to be obvious - it is similar to the style in Game of Thrones where patterns are not too complicated but the influx of new events keep adding curve balls to the mix. The different backgrounds also provide some differentiation with different sex scenes, interesting comments (mostly from the nerd), and special paths opening up. So far I have also not encountered my pet peeve, the random assassin ninja lazer pew pew girlfriend that never fits into the western medieval setting. The story has good pacing, and there is just enough information available to try and make rational decisions that aren't random (though we all know that in the end the choices are based off who's tiddies you want to gargle the most). Altogether it works really well, and feels neither forced nor meaningless. On a personal note, I never felt that MC was a mongoloid (except when drunk and looking to score) or a meaningless Superman in this VN, which is a breath of fresh ass in my book. The one thing I would like to see one or two examples more of (as of v0.6) would be silly bits (like the drinking with Aker in the prologue or tricking Aurora as a servant). Oh, and all the forbidden hanky panky is optional, so do not worry about your immortal soul.

    Writing 4/5
    This is a difficult one, the opposite of what I usually describe. The grammar in this VN is straight up bad. There are a lot of typos, a lot of presumably word-check related misclicks, and I even encountered one screen where the text was in mostly Russian. Not great. On the other hand, the writing never gets wooden, there's rarely any blathering exposition, and most of the text has a distinct purpose that works well together with the scenes in a show don't tell configuration. Something that stands out after having read too many VNs created by below 25-somethings is that this dev tries to avoid sounding like a current year teenager, going so far as to not use current vernacular, which greatly improves the immersion. The semantics are solid too, with all the political groups conveying what they want others to hear, and often a few extra lore points available for those that seek them out (remember that you can choose a lot of stuff here). I much prefer poor grammar to poor semantics, as I can easily parse a typo but not so much a plot. If you have trouble with English, this VN may cause you problems, but otherwise I recommend you overlook it for the high quality semantics and respect for the reader this VN offers.

    Characters 5/5
    The available characters are just the right amount and most are interesting, not to mention inscrutable. Your mommy (also comes with forbidden hanky panky possibilities) is a very inconspicuous lady that will prevaricate when pressed and has secret meetings with shady elves. Your forbidden fruit sisters are either sus AF or innocently helpful (so far), and due to some poor choices while drinking and a lust for vambussy, you are haunted by a granny vampire that wants to bite your dick off.
    The characters are different enough to be interesting, sneaky enough that you do not trust their words, and there's enough going on that you can eventually figure out what they're up to. There's also just the right amount of sexy stuff going on for my tastes, organically flowing into the story but not interrupting it.

    Graphics 4/5
    Graphics are solid, and animations are solid. In a few areas I feel like they have been clipped, going from one main scene point directly to another, where I would much prefer to have a short interlude showing the journey or plan or whatever. It's disorienting to stand in the throne room talking to some tiddies and then it cuts directly to hanging by the belltower alone. Something is needed inbetween such cuts to make them less abrupt and unexpected.

    Audio 4/5
    Audio is good, choice of music is mostly good.

    UI 3/5
    The UI is barebones but works. The text font used could be better.

    Summary
    A highly enjoyable VN with most boxes ticked. Once the text is cleaned up and the bugs are squashed it would not surprise me if this turned out to be one of the highest rated story-first VNs on F95.
  6. 5.00 star(s)

    walker188

    This game oscillates wildly between the kind of greasy, half rotted three-day-old garbage you'd find in a fast food dumpster and brutally realistic takes on power and family like a drunken yo-yo. Dostoevsky would be proud. Five-fucking-stars!

    That said, the game is .... something else. I think its well written, but it's hard to be sure, because english is clearly not the Dev's native language. The renders are pretty and the animations are sparingly used (that's a plus in my book, but not for everyone). The sex scenes are interesting.

    Oscar Wild once said, 'everything in life is about sex, except for sex. Sex is about power.' Good sex scenes often involve a power element, or a state of change or a culmination of a long build up. Bad sex scenes are just the Dev throwing "hot" bodies together and the usual words into a bowl and mixing them up, 'take it' 'slut' 'harder' 'it's my first time' 'i've never seen one that big before'. The point is, the former is far more sexually charged than the latter.

    As for the plot, I'm loving the branching narrative and the characters have their own ambitions and depth, which only adds to both the overall narrative and the sexiness of the game. SPOILERS!!!!! Don't read if you're not caught up!!!!

    My favorite character is Cass, simply because she is a rarity in LIs. She's diametrically opposed to the protagonist. She has her own views and she doesn't fall into the MCs orbit. In fact, you have to join her to continue the romance right now. I love that. It both deepens her as a character and stays true to the narrative the Dev is building. Frankly, I'll be much happier if she can never be romanced on the other paths, because I'm not sure it would be believable.

    Anyway, this game is well worth your support and your clicks. Internet pervs, do your (filthy) thing.
  7. 5.00 star(s)

    garz98

    wow i imagine the amond of work to have all this choises , one of the few games where to play all the paths is worth; is like baldurs gate without the combat, the story is better game of thrones inspired than finalfantasy 16
  8. 5.00 star(s)

    Himeya Jun

    Now this shit is what I'm looking for in this site

    Plot : 5/5
    Gameplay: 5/5
    Lewd scene ; 5/5
    Animation: 4/5
    (W)incest: 5/5

    This game is definitely one of my fav now, I hope the story will still go far after the coup.
  9. 5.00 star(s)

    bZokko1

    A short review for now:

    + One of the more interesting games on this site, easily.
    + All characters are interesting and have some subtle layers to them. The writing hints that all have their own motivations, despite not all of them having much written about it.
    + Overall look is good. Characters especially, feels unique.
    + The paths are different enough, I understand there is hard limit what is feasible for to do in small games.
    To get into details, some paths felt like the conclusion of end of the chapter 6 was a little off compared to the chapter played before it.
    +Short development times, but I had a chuckle when I saw other people say it was long. Your mileage may vary.


    Nothing overly negative to say about this game.
    It has room to grow a bit, a bit more meat on the bones. A good sign really, wanting more of it.
    Could be more sexy times, but story wise it makes sense to tease out. :p
  10. 5.00 star(s)

    destroyerofassholes

    Abso-fucking-lutely insanely good. Beyond anything on this site.

    The extremely low standards for porn games means that every other game gets a 5 star review. If stuff on the first page for the site gets 5s, then this game is a 10/5. It is just so much beyond anything else on the site.

    See, I play literally every porn game ever on permanent skip because porn developers are terrible fucking writers. This game is one of the very, very few exceptions and by far the best one.

    The writing is actually, genuinely, interesting. Characters are great and are more than walking fetish baits, they have different motives and depth, the dialogue and backstory is engaging, even the fucking sex is more than "OH MY GOD I LOVE UR COCK MC OMGG". It's just so good.

    And the paths ACTUALLY matter. Whatever you pick, there is a sense of loss because you have to let go of a charismatic, intriguing character to get more out of another one you like a tad more. It's fucking excellent.

    And while the renders are grainy, the animations get increasingly better, and are second only to the seven realms in quality by the latest updates.

    Play this shit. You will not regret it. If I could give beyond 5 stars I would.
  11. 5.00 star(s)

    SARBASST

    This is by far my favorite game, the story is very good, I almost never press CTRL, the characters are so pretty and distinct, almost every choice matter and I have 10 different saves. I very much recommend this game and would happily support the dev financially.
  12. 5.00 star(s)

    shucia

    This game is underated imo, the renders is nice and beautifully done even tho its a little bit grainy.

    The story are decent enough unlike most of the AVN on this platform but the multiplies path kinda ruined my impression as i'm not really a fan of that, and it can be confusing if you're not playing it by using a walkthrough.

    Overall its deserved a 5 star as this game obviously getting an improvement from his previous game, i just hope that he toned down the multiplies path since you can missed a content if you're playing a certainn path and made a wrong decision, a single developer shouldnt made this type of game imo unless you had a team like most of the Japanese eroge out there.
  13. 4.00 star(s)

    hamod

    A good game i cannot deny ,
    but it has some positives & negatives ofcourse :

    The Positives :

    most of the girls are very sexy ,
    my favorites starting with the best to less :

    ( Arcadia , Priscilla , the Mom , Isis , Tira the dwarf , Sona , Alaina , Ahara , Val , Cassandra , Lia , Elin , Rosa )
    I can say ( Girl Spring - Aurora - Patty - the slave girl ) are OK , but not really my type. they are a bit skinny for my taste
    the sex scenes are one of the best in all the games i have played , specially the sex sound effects , instead of writing the moans & the boring nonsense
    " OHH YEA , MMM , YOUR PUSSY ARE GREAT , OHH FUCK ME BABY " hearing the moaning & cum sound effects instead , will do the job perfectly & way better than using unfeeling texts , & you gonna actually read an interesting conversation during sex , its very unique , and adds more feeling to it , even the animation movement are great & not robotic like the other games , to bad its very short scenes
    the story is not bad though , he made it serious some times & humorous at other times .
    im also so glad there is no narrator that keeps on bugging my head all the time like most other games.


    The Negatives :

    girls that are in the game just for show & they are unfuckable , like :
    ( Alessa - Priscilla - Arcadia - patty - the girl predicting the future )
    this is one of the major problems i face with games sometimes even the good ones .. some players might like those characters , you never know .. maybe they are not that important characters to the DEV or the story just because they were irrelevant side characters , but some of them are actually my favorite even more than the main girls , when the game ends without having at least 1 sex scene with them is very disappointing , but lets wait & see what the Dev will do with them in the future updates , who knows .. after all , the game is not completed yet its still in progress :)

    i also have issues with the sex scenes , its very impressive as a mentioned before don't get me wrong , but it takes to long to get to a single sex scene ,, and the scene is very very short with only like 1 pose or something & you may not even reach them if you missed up the choices .. although the sex scenes themselves are great & well made , yet the amount of the sex content are very little in this game , and that's because the game is not realty rich with side characters unfortunately , it only focuses on the main girls most of the time , which is a bit lazy & boring .. again , it seems to me that the Dev is really underestimating the side characters , which he shouldn't , because it can be a huge flow in any good game , the side girls like
    ( Ahara , Val , Tira ) they are the invisible soldiers who adds rich sex content in any game & keeps the player entertained until he gets the main girls at the end of the VN .. less side characters leads to more blue-ball in game .

    the story problem : the MC talks to much when it comes to irrelevant details ,, like , he spend more than 5 - 10 minutes listening or talking about
    " the history of this building - the past life of the king - the details of this war & that war - the explanation of this magic & that magic " i don't care about those deep details , its not gonna effect the story or the game , and if you want to talk about these topics at least make it short , or else it will just slow things down and drain your eyes energy , which made me end up skipping them latter on any way , i only read their conversations with their daily life situations , that was more entertaining than " the history of this & the dark past of that "

    the choices : i appreciate the hard work , but im not a big fan of sacrificing some of the girls with every single choice i make ,, like for example , if you choose left , you will fuck ( A , B & C ) Only .. however if you go right , you gonna fuck ( E , F & G ) instead , why not make it 1 path with all the girls , yet The success depends on your choices ? that would be easier than this Chaos , that kind of tree branches stories with different roads & every road has another plot & different characters is just confusing & makes it hard to understand the main story-line , besides missing a huge amount of content

    any way , its still a good game & deserve 4 stars .. but here is the short cut Conclusion :

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  14. 4.00 star(s)

    GONEPOLICE

    + Good plot.
    +Narractive/Genre
    + The story is very good and there are several plot lines.


    - Spelling errors and may be issues with translation
    - Long development times but they are improving. Will see how it goes.
  15. 3.00 star(s)

    tipsyhermit5362

    Average. Better than other VNs were the dialogue seems to be written by 5yr olds. The girls are good and the plot seems intriguing. The problem is the mc. Dude is just a clueless beta wimp. Constantly pushed around by those around him. Fk Cassandra overpowersand dominates him every chance she gets. He is just clueless and just goes along with the plot
  16. 5.00 star(s)

    b_m_dodger

    Overall, great VN. The only major flaw is the English translation. 9/10
    Version 0.5

    + Great story. The plot is intriguing. Political, mixed with important interpersonal relationships along with some interesting prophetical elements. All that in a fairly well realized fantasy world
    + The characters are interesting and well-written. That's the case not only for the main characters, but also the supporting cast.
    + The LIs are good looking. (No ugly DAZ models chosen poorly by a creator with a poor sense of aesthetic in this one)
    + Charismatic MC. Actually has a personality.
    + Choices matters. There's a lot branching. Some choices you make in early chapters affect what happens in later chapters. It's not just some inconsequential dialogue change. The game feel reactive.
    + Good world-building (for an AVN). Typical medieval fantasy stuff, but most other AVNs don't even try.
    + Very fast updates. No 1 year of waiting for only 30 minutes of gameplay. Roughly every 2 months, I believe.


    - Renders a little bit grainy (the cost of fast updates)
    - Animations are just okay.
    - The English translation is a bit rough. Some proof-reading would squash a lot of the mistakes. I live-corrected in my head as I was reading. A couple of times, I couldn't understand what was written, so I just had to roll with it.
  17. 3.00 star(s)

    Lucky_Spices

    Render quality is good but never comparable with top games. Too many grainy or dark renders.

    English translation is not good. Wrong genders for persons and objects sometimes also have a gender. Words are missing. Strange sentences.

    Story is interesting but it would have been better to focus on one scenario (medieval fantasy). The addition of SF/dystopia and time/world traveling is unnecessary.

    The women are good looking but this AVN seems to mainly focus on incest. And the incest is nothing special, just the same morale dilemma as in most other incest stories.
  18. 5.00 star(s)

    Govram

    Imperial Chronicles [v0.5] [Lazy Monkey]

    Pros
    • A nice story emphasizing incest & poly-amorous. Incest approach with mom was very good, especially mom’s reluctance to give-up the morality was very well expressed.
    • Jealousness of mom is nicely portrayed.
    • Good to see three major characters of MC option to choose. Other than that though simple yes / no type of options included makes the game mode little interesting that player can opt for.
    • Nicely expressed three different kinds of sister’s attitude in all sense and especially the incestuous.
    • Excellent quality of image renders.
    • Excellent quality of animations.

    Cons
    • Spell errors
    • Mismatch of dialogues’
    • Playful / mischievous little boy attacking his elder sister leading to blindness is unnecessary exaggeration.
    • Image quality of dark scenario has to be improved a lot; Attempt to be more logic for too dark leading to poor contrast / visibility.
    • Few Errors: Crash few times for some errors but able to ignore and continue.
    • Walk through refers to relationship points but inside the game there is no clue / indications about the relationship status.
    • It could have been good to have some lewd sound.
    Reading the walk through; guess the story could go long mega series. Eagerly looking forward for next release.
  19. 5.00 star(s)

    Fantabulous

    A truly excellent game set in the Middle Age with you as the long gone heir to the throne who comes back home after 10 years exiled. There's a lot to like here: LIs look fantastic and all of them are lovable, the characters are well developed and backed up by a pretty solid story. Sex scenes are hot despite some cockblocking at times. The MC is more than likeable (he looks much like The Witcher) and has a normal sized penis for a change. There are funny moments for good measure too, and even sound effects and good music playing in the background when appropriate.

    You will find some renpy crashes and a few jumbled character names here and there as well as dialogue sometimes too large to fit in the text box, but this is all minor compared to the great entertainment this game offers. If this is only the second project from LazyMonkey and the progress in quality keeps at this rate I'm expecting their third to wipe the floor with about any other adult game out there, but I'd be just as happy seeing anything this good. Truly remarkable stuff.
  20. 5.00 star(s)

    yeetermcgee123

    Great game. Not polished (spelling mistakes etc) but considering its translated its not bad. Well done story and the characters are all uniquely written, there are tons of player choices as well. Amount of content relative to how long its been developed is also on the larger side which is a plus.